Ways to Fight Fear…and Terror

A put spread on the SPY ETF provides protection. How to play Goldcorp and Apple.

By

Dennis Davitt

April 20, 2013

By

Dennis Davitt

April 20, 2013

Suddenly, fear is back in the market.

Last week, there was the terror attack in Boston, gold had its biggest two-day selloff in 30 years, and the former crowd favorite, Apple stock (ticker: AAPL), continued a fall from grace almost as precipitous as Lance Armstrong's. So it was no surprise to see the VIX -- the CBOE Market Volatility Index --...